I support this boycott. Epic needs to stop telling the community to go f*ck themselves and start supporting their game.
you're probably the type of person that thinks buying ut3 for for a console is a bad and evil thing to do, right?
Making the game unplayable on one part of the community (yes, ps3 ut3 players are part of the ut3 community) just to make it better on the other is by far the worst idea ive heard of so far - no offence.
BOiNG said:Boycotting cooking your maps for PS3 will achieve precisely nothing. In fact if your map does happen to be that good (and most won't) then Epic will just cook them themselves and release them. (and yes, they can do that as all the content you make in UT3 belongs to Epic until you buy a commercial license and make it yours)
In fact if your map does happen to be that good (and most won't) then Epic will just cook them themselves and release them. (and yes, they can do that as all the content you make in UT3 belongs to Epic until you buy a commercial license and make it yours)
Yeah, that sounded extremely shady. I think you have rights to anything you create, whether it's a map or a paper you write. Otherwise Microsoft could take your school report because you wrote it in Word.
In fact if your map does happen to be that good (and most won't) then Epic will just cook them themselves and release them. (and yes, they can do that as all the content you make in UT3 belongs to Epic until you buy a commercial license and make it yours)
In fact if your map does happen to be that good (and most won't) then Epic will just cook them themselves and release them. (and yes, they can do that as all the content you make in UT3 belongs to Epic until you buy a commercial license and make it yours)
If Epic really wants the mod community dead, they'll claim ownership of people's unpaid work, and drive whats left of the community off to other games.
Come to think of it, the way epic has been dealing with their PC 'bread and butter' customers, it wouldn't surprise me if they started doing this...
And what exactly did Epic do to PC gamers?Sorry but you're wrong. Epic does not own user made maps. The EULA just says you can't charge money for the maps, not that Epic owns them.
If Epic really wants the mod community dead, they'll claim ownership of people's unpaid work, and drive whats left of the community off to other games.
Come to think of it, the way epic has been dealing with their PC 'bread and butter' customers, it wouldn't surprise me if they started doing this...
just enjoy what you're given...
Yes, do exactly that if you want to ensure mediocrity and low-quality in the future.
NO COOKING FOR CONSOLES!!!! IF THEY WANT (OR MAKE) A CUSTOM MAP OR MOD, THEY NEED TO PURCHASE UT PC
I'd be inclined to agree with you if UT3 was in fact low quality.Yes, do exactly that if you want to ensure mediocrity and low-quality in the future.
And what exactly did Epic do to PC gamers?
Bad UI?
Releasing at a bad time?
That's not really pissing on the PC community.
That's just Epic being pulled about 50 different ways and they're trying to do what they can.
Unreal Tournament 3 is still one of the best games I've played all year... beats Mario Galaxy (And I'm a Mario Fan)... but admittedly just falls short of Orange Box (and I don't like Valve as a company...)
Quit feeling inferior and just enjoy what you're given... it's pretty bad when you need to invent issues to blame Epic for... ****.
I'ma make my map -- I'ma do with it what I want (I might cook it for PS3, I might not -- who the **** knows... who the **** cares.)
Games are about enjoyment -- if you hate feeling like you got ****ed up the ass -- don't sit on a pole.
Such negativity, I really don't understand why people are hating on the ability of designers to reach a larger audience by allowing (though limited) them to cook their PC content for PS3.
It almost seems this thread is another extension of the platform 'we demand improvements or some complaint everyone's already heard 5 million times'. If UT3 had released as a new franchise rather than an instalment in a running franchise people would've been drooling over this and praising it. Phopojijo is right that games are meant to be played, not bitched about. Play the game and enjoy the custom content people make for it, or uninstall and do something else. If you feel PS3 owners are getting treated better (no idea why you would think that, as PC users can make their own levels, PS3 users cannot), then by all means get yourself a PS3 and UT3 for it and enjoy that.
If UT3 had released as a new franchise rather than an instalment in a running franchise people would've been drooling over this and praising it.